A tree that is unbending, is easily broken.

Carrying body and soul and embracing the one, Can you avoid separation?

A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind. Thus by nature's own decree, the soft and gentle are triumphant.

He that humbles himself shall be preserved entire. He that bends shall be made straight. He that is empty shall be filled. He that is worn out shall be renewed. He who has little shall succeed. He who has much shall go astray.

Complete your task. Seek no reward. Make no claims. Without faltering fully choose to do what you must do.

He who is contented is rich.

. . . the mind is desperate to fix the river {of events} in place: Possessed by ideas of the past, preoccupied with images of the future, it overlooks the plain truth of the moment.